Looking for a buy it for life option for a lantern. Will mostly be used during power outages and only occasionally otherwise. Ideally it would hold a charge well and be bright enough to allow reading/puzzles/games/etc.
Looking for a buy it for life option for a lantern. Will mostly be used during power outages and only occasionally otherwise. Ideally it would hold a charge well and be bright enough to allow reading/puzzles/games/etc.
I don’t think that there’s any battery using current battery technologies that I’d aim to buy for life.
You could maybe get a lantern with removable cells.
NiMH AA cells are replaceable and hold a charge for a relatively long time when not being used relative to other rechargeable cells, so I’d probably favor those over something like lithium 18650s, though their energy density isn’t as high.
EDIT: Note that I’m talking about modern, low-self-discharge NiMH batteries.